JUNEAU, Alaska — Mary Peltola announced Monday she will challenge Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan for his U.S. Senate seat, emphasizing affordability and Alaska-focused governance. Peltola, the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, served partial and full House terms and lost her 2024 reelection to Nick Begich. Her campaign video invoked...
LANSING, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II suspended his 2026 gubernatorial campaign Monday and declared his candidacy for Secretary of State, saying concerns about election security and voter privacy motivated the shift. He pledged to modernize licensing, expose dark-money influence, and protect voter data from surveillance. The move narrows the...
Columbia, S.C. Republican lawmakers and groups announced and debated new abortion restrictions while courts and voters shaped access across several states. In South Carolina, legislators announced a 'sweeping' restriction and bill stalled in a November subcommittee vote. In Missouri, Planned Parenthood sued after Amendment 3 passed, triggering trials and legal...
Washington, President Donald Trump posted an altered image on Truth Social showing him as the "Acting President of Venezuela" after U.S. forces detained Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and transferred them to the United States. The post, publicly shared in January 2026, mirrored an edited Wikipedia entry and...
Washington, President Donald Trump will meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday, a senior administration official said this week. Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said she would like to give or share the prize with Trump; the Norwegian Nobel Institute said the...
Washington, Finance ministers from G7 countries met this week to address vulnerabilities in critical mineral supply chains. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted the ministerial on Tuesday to discuss securing and diversifying supplies of rare earths and critical minerals. Participants included representatives from Canada, Australia, Japan, India and South Korea;...
Washington, President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to protect U.S.-held revenue from Venezuelan oil sales and declared a national emergency to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives. He met with top oil executives on Friday to discuss potential investment in Venezuela, where companies called operations "uninvestable" without reforms....
Minneapolis. Three Minnesota Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center at the Whipple Federal Building on Saturday after officials rescinded a visit invitation, lawmakers said. The tour followed protests after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent...
Washington, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday declaring a national emergency to protect Venezuelan oil revenues held in U.S. Treasury accounts from judicial attachment or seizure. The order blocks attachment, judgment, lien, execution, garnishment and other judicial processes against funds described as Foreign Government Deposit Funds, and prohibits...
MINNEAPOLIS: Tens of thousands marched through Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a federal operation this week. Local authorities opened investigations while federal officials defended the agent and cited self-defense claims. Demonstrators chanted for abolition of...
